Torchlight Parade: Working while waiting

Torchlight Parade fans will do almost anything for a great seat on the route, such as arrive early and cordon off prime viewing areas.

But Richard Harrington of Normandy Park decided to get some work done, as well. The 42-year-old arrived near Fourth Avenue and Blanchard Street on Saturday around 1 p.m.

As he sat in a folding chair, his Sony Vaio laptop computer rested on his legs.

“I’m learning new software,” he said, his earphones around his neck. “I came to get a good seat.”

He also watched a drama unfold across the street. A family waiting for the parade to begin didn’t like a green portable toilet being so close to them, he said. So, they moved it against a building wall, near a salon. But the salon workers didn’t want it near their business.